Large Cities Climate Leadership Group
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The Large Cities Climate Leadership Group, now officially known as the C40[1] (and originally as the C20[2]) is a group of cities working to reduce urban carbon emissions and to adapt to climate change. It believes it has an important role to play as cities contain around 50% of the world population, consume 75% of the world's energy, and produce 80% of its greenhouse gases.[3] The group's Secretariat is based in London.[citation needed] The C40 Steering Committee includes: Berlin, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Los Angeles, London, New York City, Sao Paulo, Seoul and Tokyo.
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[edit] History
The group was founded after a meeting of delegations from 25 cities at the October 2005 World Cities Leadership Climate Change Summit, organised by the Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone.[4][5]
On August 1, 2006, the group signed a memorandum of understanding with the William J. Clinton Foundation's Climate Initiative,[6] under which the Clinton Foundation agreed to provide technical and communications support.
The group held their first summit in 2005 in London and their second in 2007 in New York.[7] At the second summit, 13 cities joined the group.[8] The third summit was on May 18–21, 2009 in Seoul. New York City's Mayor Michael Bloomberg serves as the chair for C40 Cities.[9][10]
In April 2011, C40 and the Clinton Climate Initiative announced plans to merge their climate leadership.[11][12]
The 2011 summit was from May 31st to June 2nd in São Paulo. [13]
[edit] Membership
At the beginning of September 2011, the full members of the C40 were:[14]
[edit] Affiliate cities
At the beginning of September 2011, the following cities were affiliate members of the C40:[15]
[edit] See also
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- Adaptation to global warming
- Climate change
- Energy conservation
- Global warming
- ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
- Individual and political action on climate change
- London Climate Change Agency
- Mitigation of global warming
- Renewable energy
- World energy resources and consumption
- World's largest cities
[edit] External links
- C40 cities official web site
- 1st World Cities Leadership Climate Change Summit, London, 2005
- 2nd World Large Cities Climate Summit, New York, 2007
- 3rd Large Cities Climate Summit, Seoul, 2009
- New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg's 2007 Keynote Address.
- Kirsten Engel and Barak Orbach, Micro-Motives for State and Local Climate Change Initiatives, Harvard Law and Policy Review, Vol. 2, pp. 119–137, 2008
[edit] References
- ^ History of the C40, C40 Cities, accessed 2011-09-04
- ^ Communiqué from Large World Cities (C20), C40 Cities, published Oct 2005, accesses 2011-09-11
- ^ Cities and climate change, C40 Cities, published 2007, accessed 2007-05-15
- ^ Mayor brings together major cities to take lead on climate change Greater London Authority, published 2005-10-04, accessed 2011-09-04
- ^ Cities swap expertise on climate, BBC News, published 2005-10-04, accessed 2011-09-04
- ^ Former President Clinton launches climate change initiative, Mayor of London, published 2006-08-02, accessed 2007-05-15
- ^[dead link]World's mayors hold climate change summit, Yahoo! News, published 2007-05-15, accessed 2007-05-15
- ^ Who's Coming, New York City Climate Summit, published 2007, accessed 2007-05-15
- ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42578926/ns/us_news-environment/=
- ^ http://www.c40cities.org/news/news-20110413.jsp
- ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42578926/ns/us_news-environment/=
- ^ http://www.c40cities.org/news/news-20110413.jsp
- ^ World Bank to Help Cities Control Climate Change by Alexei Barrionuevo: June 1, 2011 New York Times
- ^ Participating cities, C40 Cities, accessed 2011-09-04
- ^ Affiliate cities, C40 Cities, accessed 2011-09-04
